If you're an MEC (Mountain Equipment Co-op) member, or become one, you can ask the staff at the Member Services Desk for advice. MEC sells MSR tents and might be able to special order in a replacemen...
For those interested in a temporary (possibly long-term) part-time or full-time job at Mountain Equipment Co-op... there will be a Job Fair this coming Friday and Saturday at the MEC Head Office to hi...
The 2017 Photo Contest ended midnight Sunday Oct 8th and the winners, based on member's votes, are:
1st with 19 votes, Frank Kozemelj's photo: https://bcmc.ca/m/photocontest/show_large/1489369418.jp...
Same question this year... I'd like to climb a couple of rock routes on Yak Peak (next to the Coquihalla Highway) this summer and need to know whether water is still melting off the top and running do...
I suggest you contact Quick Cobbler [http://www.quickcobbler.com/] to see what they can do. That's my preferred local shoe repair location. They're located near the south end of the Cambie Street br...
Everyone planning to travel to remote locations in 2017 should consider taking a Wilderness and Remote First Aid training course. On the weekend of April 8th, a 20hr WRFA course will be taught by Spi...
The March Instagram Photo Contest winner will receive a $25 MEC gift card and have their photo featured on the website.
INSTAGRAM PHOTO CONTEST: The winner will receive a $25 @mec giftcard and...
The 2017 BCMC Photo Contest is now open for photo submissions and "favourites" voting. Prizes will be awarded for the top four photographs based on Contest Rules. Each BCMC Member may enter up to two...
Best guess... German climbers in the Alps... where ice climbers are experiencing unusually warm temperatures.
Here is a good article on How to Restore the Durable Water Repellency of Your Raingear... http://www.gore-tex.com/blog/restore-durable-water-repellency-raingear/
Very interesting article... thank you for posting. I especially like this conclusion from one study... "They find that groups with a higher percent of females have a lower probability of accidents."
On the main Events page, which lists trips/courses for the next 12 months, you will see a "joined" icon near the right column for the trip you have registered in. Alternatively, you can click on the M...
I've been up there a few times in winter but not recently. I hike as far as I can then switch to snowshoes when the snow is too deep to walk in. I've never taken a mountaineering axe... I find hikin...
Very interesting article... here's a quote from it: "An analysis of a decade of lowering accidents (from 2003 to 2012 ) found a majority of the incidents (56%) were attributed to “rope too short.” In...
Werner, we are looking into renting a larger meeting room that's close to the usual place. Paul O :-)
If you ever have or think you might have to deal with frostbite... then here's a link to an interesting American Alpine Club article about the essentials of frostbite... http://publications.americanal...
Francis, below is a repost of what I added on Nov 23rd in the BCMC Financials forum topic... in which you asked about the Watersprite Lake Cabin "project status and cost over-runs". I hope to obtain...
I have made a request to the BCMC Secretary to add an agenda item to the upcoming December 6th Executive Board meeting to discuss with a member(s) of the WSL Cabin Building Committee, and record in th...
Werner, I expect there will be an agenda item on the next BOD (a.k.a. Executive Committee) meeting on the evening of Dec 6th to discuss the issue of posting a BOD resignation letter on the *members-on...
A reasonable question. I don't have enough details to answer. I suspect that David wants to take a break after a rather busy year as the club's President. Paul :-)
The current total is 817 BCMC members... not including the 30-day Guest Members. As a BCMC member, you should be able to view the club's current Memberships statistics on this page: https://bcmc.ca/c...
First of all I'd like to thank Dan Giroday for assisting me with various Memberships tasks, including helping people join or renew with the club at our Social events. Dan also did most of the work on...
I suggest you try posting a few indoor climbing "trips" (try different evenings) on the BCMC Event Schedule to see if any other members are interested in climbing at Base5 during the same time(s). Pa...
A 20hr Wilderness Remote First Aid course has been added to the BCMC schedule for the first weekend of November. I plan to be there and hope to see you along with many other BCMC members. The organi...
Here's a list of the 2016 BCMC Photo Contest Winners... mouse-click on each image to see more information. The BCMC Executive Committee offers their sincere congratulations to the four prize winner...